I had a £1 full cover bet, £15 total, on Real Madrid, Fulham, Rotherham and Coventry, all in normal time. Rotherham only drawing after 90 minutes cost me £81, the bet returned £33 instead of £114! I had some money on Real to win but......

A Stipendiary Steward reported that he witnessed a ½ lb lead weight drop out of William Buick’s breeches after weighing out. The Stipendiary Steward and Buick were interviewed. Buick explained that he was not intending to carry the weight but was going to replace it with a drink of water. The rider was re-weighed prior to the race and drew the correct weight on weighing in. Buick was fined £650.

Anyone doing 'Beat the Drop' on Paddy Power? It's free. You start with a million pounds and have to split it between two options - for example 'Will Poland score before the 29th minute against Lithuania?' In all there's 20 bets and you keep whatever you have left at the end. Basically a really drawn out Million Pound Drop.

With all the low scoring games so far, if you want to have a bet on a goalless draw, make sure you choose "no goalscorer" rather than 0-0 Correct score. The odds are the same, but I got paid out on the Morocco - Iran match on the no-goalscorer bet, as own goals don't count